Using XML
A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
By Kwong Bor Ng
ISBN: 9781555705671
Published: 2007
8.5 x 11 | 177 pp. | Book and CD-ROM | $90.00
Today, more and more database companies and digital projects are using XML (Extensible Markup Language). Library professionals -- especially technical service librarians, metadata librarians, system librarians, and library webmaster -- who want to stay current, need this book. XML is becoming THE standard for content description and metadata exchange.
"The book's strength lies in its clear presentation of the fundamentals of XML and related technologies...This book successfully presents XML's structure and mechanics."
Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, September 2008
It can handle special characters and non-Roman scripts which librarians often encounter in the bibliographic environment and offers the greatest promise of data longevity. This book will:
• Introduce you to XML for resource description and bibliographic data management
• Show you how to create XML records for metadata encoding
• Help you understand and use DTD (Document Type Definition) and schema for texts, bibliographic catalogs and authority files
• Show you how to deliver XML documents through the Web
